february haulage

 

hey guys! more shopping online and off! candles by victoria had a sale for the super bowl, 25% off because the teams' scores were 26 combined at halftime. i couldn't bring myself to buy more candles yet as i haven't been burning them as frequently lately. so i mainly got stuff from melissa instead.

i won a contest from lynn of lawless lacquer, and received a few polishes from her.

at sally's i've been searching for a cheaper alternative to macadamia natural oil hair masque and rene furterer's fortecia shampoo and picked up some [possible] dupes for way less. so i'll be trying these out, hopefully they'll be close enough and i like them! saving/spending less is always better! also while i was there, i got my hands on seche's collage overlay polish. so pretteh. it's pink and white hexagon glitter with holo bar glitter. >w< 

then, mua came out with their naked2 dupe! so while i was at it, i also ordered a few contour pens (eye liner pencils). and on the topic of urban decay, i got a few things from their friends and family sale.. then i wanted to try out some of the new maybelline color whisper lipsticks.

• candles by victoria's superbowl sale:
• leaves type soap/scent shot -- ordered this soap as a gift and i had to buy some for myself!
• jelly doughnut scent shot (freebie) -- smells kinda like raspberry sauce. mmm!
• tiffanyd lotion/sugar scrub -- melissa filled these to the brim! and they smell amazing!
• shamrock kiss soap -- there's a red pair of lips on top. had a sample of this a while back and loved it!

 

collage overlay (1 coat), constant caribbean (2 coats), blue frosting (2 coats), angel kiss (1 coat), i need a refresh-mint (2 coats)

• lawless lacquer giveaway win: 
• wet n wild i need a refresh-mint
• color club angel kiss
• sally hansen blue frosting
• neighborhood walmart:
• covergirl outlast stay fabulous foundation in buff beige
• covergirl outlast stay brilliant nail polish in constant caribbean
• rimmel stay matte pressed powder in transparent
• sally beauty supply: 
• seche collage overlay
• folicure shampoo ~$9 for 32oz (vs. rene furterer fortecia shampoo:  $30 for 8.45oz or $60 for 34oz)
• hair chemist macadamia oil deep repair masque ~$11 for 8oz (vs. macadamia natural oil deep repair masque, $33 for 8.5oz)

swatches: sage, gunmetal, black

• mua: undress me too palette [comparison review to naked2 soon!], and 3-in-1 contour pens in black, sage, and gunmetal
• the thing i don't like about the packaging for the contour pens is that they do not have color labels on the pens themselves..just the boxes >.>

top: ammo shadow box + ecstasy, bottom: mariposa palette + frigid; all over ud original eye primer

• urban decay friends and family sale
• mariposa palette
• ammo shadow box
• deluxe shadow in frigid
• vintage shadow in ecstasy
• lip junkie in heavy--forgot to swatch! sorry!

petal rebel, lust for blush, quad swatched dry from top to bottom

• cvs: maybelline color whispers in petal rebel & lust for blush, loreal color riche quad in because i'm worth it! and telescopic shocking extensions in blackest black--i love how it's shaped like a telescope. just sayin!

august/september favorites

alrighty! so eternity and a half ago (aka. earlier this year), i made my first what i'm loving post..with basically everything i loved at the time. i still love a lot of those products, but we're going to venture off onto "favorites" now and hopefully make this a bi-monthly (edit: maybe quarterly?) thing, seeing as though i don't change up what i'm using very often. ~Lindsay-chan ^.~

benefit hervana (tl) & dandelion (tc) -- applied to apples; theBalm sexy mama (tr) -- used as a setting powder;
boi-ing shade 1 (br); too faced pink leopard (bl) -- used for contour.
i'm definitely buying a full sized dandelion when this runs out, i like the (very) light pinkness it adds to my cheeks

l'oreal voluminous full definition mascara, urban decay eyeliner in rockstar, sigma F40 & posh angled blush brushes
my only complaint about the voluminous full definition mascara is that it's very wet. rockstar is a slightly shimmery, dark eggplant
i like sigma brushes a lot, the only problem is the shipping cost. posh brushes are easier to find and buy, good alternative but are a lower quality than sigma's.
sigma's are from http://www.sigmabeauty.com/, and posh brushes can be found at kmart and bed bath & beyond

unii/z palettes (see haul/review post here)

tiffanyd soap & candle from candles by victoria & cbv bath and body (website has been moved to cbv)
these candles don't burn dirty as long as you trim the wicks regularly, and extinguish them normally rather than closing the lid (which is what we've been doing...)

online hauls! (and an in-store)

hey guys! i've got a few things this month to try out! ~L-c ^.~

i was super excited about this new brush shampoo that crystalis007 recently talked about. but after using it a few times, i feel halfway about it, which is sad. i love how it cleans the brushes. the problems are the dry time; my larger brushes take two days to dry (in brush guards) and they have a weird smell to them afterward. and i mean, since you're using these brushes on your face, you'll smell it, and the smell's kind of a turn-off and blehh. i'm not sure if the smell's just because i got the fragrance free one, or if the scented ones do this too. i think that if i'm up to it, i might repurchase a scented one when i finish this jar...whenever that'll be. it lasts so long!! (http://www.londonbrushcompany.com/The_London_Brush_Company_Retail.html; 2oz $20, 1oz $13 +s/h)

2 oz. fragrance free

urbandecay.com; shadows -- i used primer this time!
(new shades in bold) kush is your average bright green with gold and silver glitter. evidence is a shimmery purple-navy blue. psychadelic sister is shimmery and your average tone purple. swf is a bright shimmery pink with silver glitter. x isn't your average orange; it's like orange-red with gold shimmer. vanilla reminds me of versailles on the sigma paris palette; it is a cream-white with gold shimmer. walk of shame basically matches my skin color; not really sure what else to say about it..it's a matte light beige skintone color..

flash --- kush, evidence, psychadelic sister, swf, x, vanilla, walk of shame

drugstore.com -- so i had a few reward dollars through their site, in addition to the fact that they do ebates, and they have free shipping at $25; so i redeemed them and ordered these.

 
theBalm sexy mama, maybelline color show shocking seas & blue freeze (no flash)

candles by victoria (http://www.candlesbyvictoria.com/)

tiffany-d (decorative cube p.13) & love potion no.9 (mustard jar p.4), melon ball (free tart), love potion no.9 soaps (p.20) by melissa--see below

i am not allowed to buy candles again **for myself** until these are gone!! >.< in addition to the other four or so candles floating about my apartment...

and i got a few soaps from victoria's daughter, melissa, who makes some candles' scents into soaps! the soaps with whipped topping come wrapped in plastic wrap inside a cellophane bag; otherwise, they are wrapped in just cellophane.

1. first: i want a never-ending supply of these, and second: it smells so good; i wish i could use it more often!!!! the tiffany d soaps are topped with a bit of melissa's whipped shaving cream/creamy soap, a shoe-shaped soap, and glitter.
2. i'm not 100% certain as to what the sample soap is...i haven't smelled jucy couture perfume before, but i think that's what it is.
3. paul liked the rock that vanilla candle and (since tiffanyd's husband is ok with using the soap) i'm planning to give it to him for his birthday. it has a bit of glitter on top.
4. cotton candy also comes with the whipped soap on top. smells very sweet! love the pink and blue colors!
5. berry me alive -- the pink chunks smell like strawberry, but the mixture of scents in the orange part is crazy! i like it a lot! topped with glitter.
6. the coral on the white nectarine and pink coral is shaved soap -- i'm not sure how i feel about this one. haven't used it yet, but it kind of reminds me of a fruity champagne type scent. topped with glitter.
7. love potion no.9 (above) -- it's not quite the same scent as the candle.. i haven't started using it yet, but it smells a slightly chocolaty plus the love potion no.9 candle scent. topped with glitter.

 
L: tiffanyd (bar & round), sample of jucy couture?; R: rock that vanilla, sample of tiffanyd, cotton candy, berry me alive, white nectarine & pink coral

benefitcosmetics.com -- benefit recently released some new sets and i had to get these three! i already have the coralista powder, and the gloss looks a little brighter than what i'd use, so i decided against buying the go tropicoral set. i'm planning on putting the boi-ing from the how to look... set into my travel makeup bag--it's just so compact and portable! that way, i won't have to haul my confessions of a concealaholic set everywhere.

how to look the best at everything (light), sugarlicious, feelin' dandy;
samples: girl meets pearl, total moisture, sunbeam, ultra radiance facial re-hydrator mist

sorry! the blushes didn't show up too good; they looked exactly the same in my other photos....
benetint is a different consistency than the highlighters; it's a very thin, liquid stain; thus the weird hickey looking thing on my arm...

ulta -- after xsparkage's video on her haulerdeals nyx bag, i decided to go to ulta, since they were having bogo free sale on (all?) nyx products. so here's what i got! i am in lovvve with the milk pencil!!! it's so soft and creamy!

no flash, flash. almond, milk, pearl, baby pink

ultra pearl mania loose pearl eyeshadow in: pearl (left) & baby pink (right); jumbo eye pencil in milk, roll on shimmer in almond